Atlantica

See also: atlantica, atlántica, and atlântica

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Atlantica f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Discidae – certain land snails.

References

English

Etymology

The name was introduced by John J. W. Rogers in 1996, because the parts of the ancient continent are now located on opposite sides of the South Atlantic Ocean.

Proper noun

Atlantica

  1. An ancient continent that formed during the Proterozoic about 2,000 million years ago from various 2 Ga cratons located in what are now West Africa and eastern South America.
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